I needed to clone one hard drive to another. In the past, I would have used a bootable MS-DOS CD containing an old copy of Norton Ghost 8. This time, I decided to see what is currently available and could be launched from a bootable USB flash drive. I found…
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The instructions below will create a bootable system partition on a USB flash drive, which is exactly the same as creating such a partition on a hard drive. Specifically, I will be using Windows 7’s built-in DiskPart (Disk Partition) command-line utility to create a bootable USB flash drive containing a…
2 CommentsI recently upgraded to a 2015 Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch laptop. I attempted to install Windows 7 using the Boot Camp Assistant, which immediately asked for a Windows 8 or later installation media to be inserted. Darn it. I managed to create and insert a USB flash drive containing…
Leave a CommentI purchased a used Nexus 5 recently. When I used the built-in Settings app to upgrade it to the latest Android version, it got stuck at the bootloader screen on reboot. The previous owner had rooted the Nexus with a custom bootloader which broke the stock upgrade process. Because I…
Leave a CommentMy Macbook Pro’s hard drive died recently, again. The Apple Store had to order the replacement Hitachi 750GB hard drive which took several days. I have a suspicion that Apple is using refurbished hard drives because it has just been two months since the last hard drive replacement. Hitachi is…
10 CommentsRecently, my niece’s iPhone 4S died. We got her a replacement phone, but all the data on her old phone was gone. Unfortunately, even though she had a Gmail account configured, her iPhone did not sync its addresses to Google Contacts. I checked my own Google Contacts account and found…
2 CommentsWhen I started my Do It Scared! blog (later moved to Folded Life), I did not have in mind any goal beyond sharing technical knowledge and random thoughts. As I’ve written more content, I’ve come to realize that my posts split into two very different camps, technical how-to instructions and…
Leave a CommentTwo weekends ago, on a Friday, my droplet was automatically upgraded to DigitalOcean‘s new cloud. I had received an email about the upgrade but had ignored it, believing that the upgrade would go smoothly. I was on a trip that Friday and the weekend, so did not check my website…
Leave a CommentRecently, my rebate application was rejected. I called and was told that I needed to resubmit the rebate with a copy of the invoice, instead of the order receipt that I had included in the original application. They offered to receive it by fax, in addition to snail mail. (The…
2 CommentsI purchased a T-Mobile iPhone 5s for a great price on Craigslist. The seller seemed like a nice young man. The phone worked without any issues. Coming from a Blackberry Pearl, the iPhone was a wonderful treat. Three months later, I couldn’t make or receive phone calls or text messages.…
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